| Show ty tete AGE OF STEEL this ac 1130 ou on v which bich bo so many ep epithets have been showered will always preeminently bear the title the tile ae a age e of railways mans genius is is gradually stretching t the lie iron and ind steel arma armi ackois ss the plain athwart th the e desert through mountains over rivers stopping n at no le deterred by no difficult tv alio of trade and commerce and agriculture cow re call for the approach of athe the iron iroll horse and on the other hand liand material progress and industrial development celop ment follow close at it ian hecla hence bence it has bus come that the do t arco rec of civilization and ind pi asperity prosperity of a country or state can enn in ill a measure ic to and estimated by the extent of its system v ten of I lail j an a interesting table for compari son has been compiled which shows the tile sta states toa and countries which on the 1st ast of J january andary 1881 had the greatest mileage milea c in hi proposition to their urea area mize I cattle mile t to arev m jilt kamile ay mite I massachusetts 00 but 41 Belz belgium muni I 1177 ra 40 england valos oakl 1617 j ne vf J jersey ersey aw 1701 boilon connecticut C aleut 1750 A 11 ills rhede island I xa a 10 11 a 81 75 a illinois will 79 17 GW io delaware 2120 M indiana za W ht WA 79 12 new av 1011 flu 13 switzerland 15 14 new york A 17 WO 19 aw W SAN SAIN cal is is at present governed by a town board whose powers power sare are so iso limited that they cannot order property owners to make improvements lor the tile pubic benefit many allany odthe of the most enterprising ter citizens of that town are demanding a city government which they aie are abundantly able to bup sup pert there are ire a few stereo typed parties who are opposed to progressive all measures the san bernardino rimes timm says the majority of the citizens are enterprising nv 01 and the old fossils should no longer be allowed to block the wheels of pr progress oress but in tion as ns they are benefited they should be forced to contribute their share of the means necessary to of one the liveliest enterprising towns on oil the pacific coast it has ins twenty miles of street sidewalk which needs repair in A SHORT TIMP since since a man mail died at pueblo in colorado ii ir fact he lie was found dead and alone in his bed one borning A physician was called in who certified that the deceased died of diphtheria the corpse was interred and his friends who lived in the east were notified they had tlc tl alc e body exhumed and sent to them an exchange C says when the body arrived at its destination it was examined with care and a bullet hole was found in the back of the skull which had been neatly closed with a wooden peg pg the next thing to wonder at was the unusual virulence of the tile colorado type ot or diphtheria which not only fired bullets into mens beads but closed up the hole bole with a peg doctors certini certificates cates of the tile cause of death like their diagnosis of disease are sometimes curiously and wonderfully made GArr GAPP iELDs ESTATE now turns out it to bo be much ell more considerable than it was at first supposed beside ilie the house in washington an and I ti alio llio ic mentor f farm arm the legal ap of the estate tate dise discovers overs worth of personal property it 13 13 estimated that mrs garfield garreld will ill have a fortune of not less than A WOMAN in a st louia louis street car asked a fop to stop smoking lie gave heran her an insulting reply whereupon she handed her shawl to a companion knocked the cigar out of his mouth then knocked him lihn down after which slie she retired from the field leaving I him to pick himself up and repair da mages DOCTOR SAMUEL SIMUEL won a lottery ticket and felt so grateful g over the tile mattei matter that in ill speaking of it he lie said the flie ticket in the li lighthouse and ard public lottery of X new ew york appointed by law of 1763 drew drove il my favor for which I now record to posterity irv thanks and praise to almighty god the gir giver r of all good gi gilb I |
